Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.
Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly
You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?